Gottfried August Bürger

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Gottfried August Bürger was an 18th-century German poet best known for his influential literary adaptation of the fantastical tales of Baron Münchhausen.

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instanceOf human
poet
causeOfDeath tuberculosis
countryOfCitizenship Electorate of Hanover NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1747-01-01
dateOfDeath 1794-06-08
educatedAt University of Göttingen
University of Halle NERFINISHED
employer University of Göttingen NERFINISHED
era 18th century
ethnicGroup German
familyName Bürger NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork literature
translation
genre ballad
poetry
givenName Gottfried NERFINISHED
hasLiteraryForm ballad
hasOccupation court official
influenced German Romanticism NERFINISHED
Samuel Taylor Coleridge NERFINISHED
Walter Scott NERFINISHED
influencedBy Sturm und Drang movement NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName German
movement Sturm und Drang NERFINISHED
name Gottfried August Bürger NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage German
notableFor development of the German ballad
literary adaptation of Baron Münchhausen tales
notableWork Der wilde Jäger NERFINISHED
Des Freiherrn von Münchhausen wunderbare Reisen und Abenteuer NERFINISHED
Gedichte (poetry collection) NERFINISHED
Lenore NERFINISHED
Volkslieder (folk songs adaptations)
occupation poet
translator
placeOfBirth Molmerswende NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Göttingen NERFINISHED
positionHeld lecturer in aesthetics
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
residence Göttingen NERFINISHED
Wollershausen NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
spouse Auguste Leonhart NERFINISHED
Dorethea Leonhart NERFINISHED
workLocation Göttingen NERFINISHED
workPeriod 1760s–1790s

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Baron Münchhausen popularizedBy Gottfried August Bürger